Public lectures of STOP THE BOMB
July 2010: Public lecture and discussion with Dr. Fariborz Saremi
On July 18, 1994 85 people were murdered in an attack on the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. The anniversary of the terror attack is a sad occasion, but also an opportunity to adress the network of terror of the Islamic Republic, which has been extended, especially in Latin America. Dr. Saremi is an expert on foreign- and security policy, political-military analysis and international terrorism. He is a member of the International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA) in Washington D.C., author and commentator for numerous international media as well as European speaker of the Azadegan Foundation, which stands for a democratic and secular Iran.
June 2010: Public discussion on the new antisemitism and campaigns to delegitimize Israel
Other aspects: the role of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its allies. With Monika Thamm, Prof. Gert Weisskirchen, Dr. Richard Herzinger, Dr. Nikoline Hansen and Aaron Sagui.
June 2010: Publication of the film "Iran Zendan" of Daryush Shokof
Iran Zendan shows torture, rape and execution in Iranian prisons. The film relentlessly reveals the brutal character of the thirty-one year old Iranian regime. Shokof's films contain both fictional and non-fictional sequences. Iran Zendan also shows images of last year's revolt and its repression.
June 2010: Revolution in Iran? Bilan and perspectives of the freedom movement. Discussion with Saba Farzan
Seemingly the rulers could consolidate their rule in Iran. However, after the phoney presidency elections on the 12th of June 2009 nothing more is in Iran like before. A review on the events of the last year should show how deeply the regime was shaken in his basic parties and was damaged.
April 2010: Public discussion with Dr. Matthias Küntzel and Oliver Thränert (SWP): Iran and Deutschland - a fatal friendship?
What are the measures taken by the international community in general and Germany in particular? Do German policies back the freedom movement, or is the present goal a "strategic partnership" with the Mullah regime? Is the German industry actually pulling back from Iran, as some companies or is trade continuing via other states or even directly with Iran?
October 2009: Public discussion: Antisemitism and persecution of the Bahai'i with Prof. Ingo Hofmann and Javad Asadian
The major significance and danger of the regime’s intolerant ideology came vividly to light in the current crisis, not only in the ways the Iranian media and militia whipped up a pogrom-like atmosphere, but also in the ways the Iranian liberation movement is denounced as “Zionist” or “controlled by the Bahai'i."
Juli 2009: Public lecture and discussion with Dr. Ronen Bergman: The secret war with Iran and the current crisis
Dr. Ronen Bergman will speak about the 30 year fight of the Islamic revolution in Iran against the West and put the current events in a historical context. With his recent publication “The secret war with Iran” he just presented a definite book on the issue. Dr. Ronen Bergman is one of the leading international Iran and secret service experts; he has published three best sellers and writes for Haaretz, Yediot Ahronoth, New York Times and Der Spiegel.
June 2009: Public lecture and discussion with Hassan Dai: The Iranian revolt and the future of US-Iranian negotiations
Discussion and lecture in Farsi and German. The exile-Iranian political scientist is analyzing the policy of the Iranian regime toward the West for years. He particularly focuses on the activities of the Iranian lobby in the United States. He is discussion the Iranian nuclear program, the actual situation in Iran and the relations between Iran and the United States as well as the Iranian opposition in the US.
March 2009: Public lecture and discussion with Amir Taheri
While the Iranian nuclear program is in its last stadium, the new US-administration under president Obama has announced a change of strategy. Direct talks with the Iranian leadership together with tougher sanctions should lead to concessions by the regime. To gain an assessment of the risks and chances of this strategy Amir Taheri will look back at the results of the Western Iran policy and analyse the structure and ideology of the Islamic republic. Germany's Iran policy and its role as Iran's most important Western trade partner will also come into focus.
December 2008: Lecture and Discussion with Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi
Organized by STOP THE BOMB Vienna, December 2008. The question of the purpose of the Iranian nuclear program can only be answered if one provides clarity on the character of the Iranian regime and its ambitions. Emanuele Ottolenghie will talk about the history, the current situation, and possible future developments regarding the Iranian nuclear program in the context of the Khomeinist ideology, and will further answer the question what an appropriate reaction of the European Union and its member states to the nuclear ambitions and human rights violations of the Iranian regime would be.
November 2008: Public lecture and discussion with Yossi Melman: "Delaying, Cheating, Deceiving: The Iranian Regime on the Way to the Bomb"
Yossi Melman is a journalist for the Israeli daily Haaretz and author of "The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran" (Carrol & Graf 2007, together with Meir Javedanfar).